The European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) has announced that a "Special EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Perspectives on Projects" will be held during August 17-21, 2009 at the Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Lille (ESC Lille) campus in Lille, France. The EDEN seminar will be held in conjunction with the 9^th Annual ESC Lille Doctoral Seminar hosted by the Lille School of Management Research Center (LSMRC) in ESC Lille's School of Management. ESC Lille is located in Lille, the major metropolis of the North of France, near the Belgium border, between Paris and London.

The August 2009 Doctoral Seminar will have two main aims: (1) to provide a forum for doctoral students in project management from Europe and around the world where they can share experiences and exchange information related to theoretical paradigms, research and literature in project management; and (2) to introduce doctoral students in project management to the system of classification of projects developed by professors Lynn Crawford, Brian Hobbs and Rodney Turner.

Faculty for the August 2009 EDEN Doctoral Seminar - Perspectives on Projects: Project Attributes - will include the following:

• Prof. Christophe N. Bredillet, ESC Lille School of Management, Lille (France)
  
• Prof. Rodney Turner, ESC Lille School of Management, Lille (France) - pictured top right.
  
• Prof. Lynn Crawford, ESC Lille School of Management, Lille (France) & Bond University, Brisbane (Australia) - pictured bottom right
  
• Prof. Ralf Muller, Umea University (Sweden)
  
• Dr. Martina Huemann, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (Austria)
  
• Dr. Phillipe Ruiz, ESC Lille School of Management, Lille (France)
  
• Dr. Frank T. Anbari, The George Washington University (USA)
  

According to Prof. Christophe Bredillet, PhD, D.Sc., Dean for Postgraduate Programmes at ESC Lille (pictured below left), "our 9^th International Workshop in Project and Programme Management will be greatly enhanced for the second year by the EDEN Special Doctoral Seminar. Each year we bring world leaders from the project management field together with doctoral students; for the students, it is often a culmination of several years of study (last year presentation can be found at www.eden-pm.org). This year, the results should be new contributions, new knowledge that can benefit project management scholars and professionals worldwide."

The August 2009 Doctoral Seminar will be held at ESC Lille School of Management; participation fee is 1500 €. This fee includes participation in the seminar, all documents, lodging and a number of dinners. Interested doctoral students should apply to Nadine Sauze at eden-PM@esc-lille.fr no later than June 17, 2009. Besides doctoral students, other researchers may participate. The selection among applicants will be conducted by the programme coordinator. Information at http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/eden_announcement.asp?event_id=643.

ESC Lille will be happy to waive the registration fees to any applicant referring to one of the following network of colleagues & partners: EIASM, EURAM, AoM, Rethinking PM Network, IRNOP, APM academic network, PMI academic & research network and GACPM colleagues; International Center for Complex Project Management (ICCPM), IPMA research network & Young crews, PMAJ. (In case doubt, just contact us). Participants will just have to cover the accommodation and travel expenses.

EIASM offers a limited number of scholarships of 700 € each. Scholarships are limited to students coming from an EIASM Institutional Member, with allocation of scholarships at the discretion of the European Institute.


EIASM involves not only the best doctoral students and their supervisors, but also their institutions. Through the creation of EDEN, EIASM contributes to the most critical phases in a scholar's life - his/her introduction to and early growth on the academic market. The EDEN program includes an integrated set of doctoral seminars to bring participants into systematic interaction for comparing approaches and cross-examining research work. The EDEN doctoral seminars are at alternating locations to establish linkages with leading European Business Schools. Since June 1988, over 2000 doctoral students from all over Europe have become EDEN Fellows and 238 professors have acted as EDEN faculty members. More information can be found at http://www.eiasm.org/r/about-eiasm.

Founded in 1892, Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Lille - ESC Lille - is one of the oldest business schools in France, with campuses in Lille and Paris. It was the first institution outside North America to receive GACPM accreditation by the Project Management Institute (PMI^®) and the first outside the UK to receive the Association for Project Management (APM) academic accreditation. The project management program at ESC Lille was inaugurated in 1979. ESC Lille offers postgraduate programs in project management: two masters in project & program management (one taught in English, the other in French); a MBA in Strategy, Program & Project Management (English); and a PhD in Strategy, Program & Project Management (English). ESC Lille research activities in project & program management are grouped together into the Lille School of Management Research Center. Additional information can be found at www.esc-lille.eu.